Zach Galifianakis arrives at the closing night gala of "Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" during the 52nd annual New York Film Festival on Oct. 11, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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Zach Galifianakis hit the premiere of his new movie Birdman in New York on Saturday looking pretty svelte, leading him to joke to E!, "I'm dying," before adding that he was wearing a "ladies [size] 50." He started losing weight last year, telling Conan O'Brien, "I stopped drinking and I just kind of put the weight off … I was having a lot of vodka with sausage … delicious but bad for you. I was getting into too much trouble with the drinking, so I just kind of stopped." (For more Galifianakis, click to watch him spank Justin Bieber.)

Zach Galifianakis arrives at the closing night gala presentation of "Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" during the 52nd annual New York Film Festival on Oct. 11, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

In this image released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, Zach Galifianakis, left, and Michael Keaton appear in a scene from "Birdman." (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight, Alison Rosa)